Professional Development Workshops
The Lynch Leadership Academy's regularly scheduled workshops are designed to build upon the Fellows' work completed in the summer institute, especially as it relates to the “Leadership Growth Project.” These workshops, scheduled from September to May following the summer institute, include topics such as:
Distributive Leadership
- Implementing Professional Learning Communities that Lead to High Impact Learning for Students and Staff
Facilitative Leadership
- Creating shared power and decision-making
Instructional Leadership
- Data-Driven Instruction that Drives School Change
- Effective Observation and Supervision
- Using Data to Improve Teacher Observation and Supervision
Systems and Operations
- Time and Project Management for Today’s School Leader
- Braning and Marketing Your School For Results
Human Resource Management
- Difficult Conversations that Lead to Change
- Organizational Leadership and Change
- Managing Up for Results
The Leadership Growth Project (LGP) is central to the work each Fellow undertakes as a member of the Lynch Leadership Academy. The LGP provides each Fellow the opportunity to gain and demonstrate expertise in the core work of the principalship—increasing student achievement by improving his/her own personal leadership skills. As part of the LGP, each Fellow selects an area of focus and identifies SMART goals they will meet by the end of the academic year. Once those goals are identified, each Fellow develops a project plan that drives implementation of the LGP. At the end of the year, each Fellow presents and submits an Executive Summary including their adaptive challenges, the solutions they attempted, and the impact of their actions on student achievement.
